Happy Holidays from The Shadow Over Portland!

I hope your holiday season is, and continues to be, scary and full of fright... Um, merry and bright.  Of course, the roads could become scary, as a winter storm warning is in effect for the Pacific Northwest, with snow accumulation possible everywhere.  If you have to travel, please be safe.

No word on the possibility of killer snowmen, but best to play it safe and keep watch.

As for this edition of the Weekly Update, you'll find some great films and New Years Eve balls to help welcome in 2021.  But if you feel like starting planning out your geeky New Year, head over to the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar for news on all the great events coming to the Pacific Northwest next year.

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Have a wonderful holiday, everyone, and I'll be back next Friday with another edition of the Weekly Update! 

 

Playing This Week   

 

The current exhibit at Wyrd War Gallery (3505 NE Broadway St in Portland, OR) is No Future by Nathan McKee.  Drawing from classic genre films, McKee re-creates scenes utilizing layers of cut paper in a distinctive variation of the Japanese art of kirie.  The gallery is open Saturdays and Sundays from  3 to 7 pm, or you can schedule an appointment to tour the gallery.  The event runs through the holidays.   

 

Guillermo del Toro's latest film, Nightmare Alley, continues at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR), Salem Cinema (1127 Broadway NE in Salem, OR), Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR), The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) and Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR) through Thursday, December 30. 

 

The Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR) will continue to show the new version of Dune through Thursday, December 30.

 

The film will also be shown at the Academy Theatre (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) through Thursday, December 30.  

 

The Finnish holiday classic Rare Exports is playing at the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR) through Sunday, December 26.

 

The film is also playing at The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) on Friday, December 24, at 11:45 am and 2 pm.

The Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) will be showing the holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life in GLORIOUS 35mm through the rest of December.  Visit the link for showtimes, which have been posted. 

 

The Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA) will be showing the holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life through December 24.  Visit the link for showtimes.  

 

The film will also be shown at the Academy Theatre (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) through Thursday, December 30.

 

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (15 S Pioneer St in Ashland, OR) presents the World Premiere of It's Christmas, Carol! on the Angus Bowmer stage through Sunday, January 2, 2022.  This "Play with Lots of Songs" skewers Dickens, holidays and Shakespeare with a dose of the Marx Brothers, fractured carols and DINOSAURS!  'Cause everything is better with DINOSAURS!!  

 

Sure, you'll have no problem watching Spider-Man: No Way Home at some big corperate multiplex.  But why not support local and independent theaters like the Joy Cinema and Pub (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR), the Granada 3 Theatre (1311 Adams Ave in La Grande, OR), St Johns Twin Cinema (8704 N Lombard St in Portland, OR), the Kelso Theater Pub (214 S Pacific Ave in Kelso, WA), the Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N Proctor St in Tacoma, WA) and the Cameo Theatre (304 E 1st St in Newberg, OR).

 

The film is also showing at the following McMenamins locations: the McMenamins Anderson School (18607 Bothell Way NE in Bothell, WA), McMenamins Bagdad (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR), McMenamins Olympic Club Theater (112 N Tower Ave in Centralia, WA), McMenamins Old St. Francis Theater (700 NW Bond St in Bend, OR), McMenamins Grand Lodge (3505 Pacific Ave in Forest Grove, OR) McMenamins St Johns (8203 N Ivanhoe St in Portland, OR) and McMenamins Power Station Theater at Edgefield (2126 SW Halsey St in Troutdale, OR).

 

Woah!  The Matrix: Resurrections opens tonight at the Granada 3 Theatre (1311 Adams Ave in La Grande, OR).
       

December, 2021 

 

Friday, December 24

 

If you think your skin is on too tight, the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) can help your condition with a screening of the 1974 holiday slasher classic Black Christmas tonight at 10 pm.

 

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show the holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life tonight at 7 pm.

 

If you're looking for something funny, but have had your fill of holiday humor, head to the Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) for Spaceballs, playing tonight and tomorrow (Christmas Day).

 

Yippie-ki-yay, you-know-what!  Weird Elephant at The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) will show the Christmas action classic Die Hard tonight and tomorrow night at 10 pm.

 

The film will also be shown at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) at 10 pm tonight. 

 

Spend Christmas Eve with Jack Skellington and the residence of Halloweentown, as the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) screens The Nightmare Before Christmas tonight at 5 pm.  

 

Saturday, December 25

 

If you're looking for a break from all the X-Mas merriment, the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will presents a "Be It Yourself" screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show tonight.  Doors open at 11 pm.

 

Sunday, December 26

 

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show the 2020 restoration of the anime classic Akira tonight at 9:45 pm.

 

Inconceivable!  The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) is bringing The Princess Bride back to the big screen today at 3:30 pm and on Wednesday, December 29, at 5 pm.

 

The Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) will show David Lynch's attempt to film the sci fi classic Dune through Friday, December 31.

 

Monday, December 27

 

Edgar Wright's gallio infused ghost story/thriller, Last Night in Soho, plays at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) tonight at 9:30 pm. 

Wednesday, December 29

The Whiteside Theatre (361 SW Madison Ave in Corvallis, OR) will screen the other 80s Christmas action film, Lethal Weapon, tonight at 7 pm.  Hey, I put Die Hard on this calendar, this only seems fair.

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show Stanley Kubrick's The Shining tonight at 10 pm.

Thursday, December 30

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) gives you a chance to do the Time Warp Again before 2022 with screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show tonight and tomorrow night at 10 pm.  Both screenings are hosted by the Geekenders.

Friday, December 31

The Roseburg Fright Club will host a New Year's Eve Costume Ball from 8 pm to 1 pm tonight at the Roseburg Elks Lodge (749 SE Jackson St in Roseburg, OR).  This is a fundraiser for the club's Haunted House next year.  Ticket are on sale now.  You must be 21 or older to attend.

 

The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand in Portland, OR) is having a New Years Eve Ball, featuring the Post Punk Industrial Goth band Fading Signals, Portland's Siouxsie and the Banshees tribute act Bad Juju and more!  Doors open at 8 pm, showtime is 9 pm.  You must be 21 or older to attend.  

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey today at 1:20 pm.

January, 2022

Saturday, January 1

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will show The Rocky Horror Picture Show tonight, with the Clinton Street Cabaret.  Doors open at 11 pm. 

 

Sunday, January 2

 

The Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) is showing Stanley Kubrick's The Shining through Thursday, January 6.  Guess it's still winter if someone's showing that film.

 

If you think the walk to Mordor wasn't long enough, head over to the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) for The Lord of the Rings: One Trilogy Marathon to Rule Them All.  This all day event, starting at 11 am, will screen all three films in their Extended Version.  The Rio says you can come in costume, or stay cozy in your PJs.